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Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GPT-4.1 nano

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #33 Confirmed

GPT-4.1 nano OpenAI

27.7

Rank #322 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 10 categories and GPT-4.1 nano in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 8.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 84.7% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 0% for GPT-4.1 nano.
  • GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index52.327.7
Released2025-12-172025-04-14
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$3$0.40
Results tracked5938

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.5 (#35), GPT-4.1 nano: 23.8 (#325)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
WeirdML61.6%19%
LMArena Coding14601306
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
Aider Polyglot—8.9%
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
SciCode—25.9%
GSO9.8%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.6 (#27), GPT-4.1 nano: 26.3 (#98)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—33%
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#35), GPT-4.1 nano: 8.6 (#344)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
ARC-AGI-233.6%0%
ARC-AGI-184.7%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651286
DTBench89.1%52.5%
LMCA43.1%5.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.83129.62
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—33.3%
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.4 (#42), GPT-4.1 nano: 25.5 (#246)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%28.9%
LMArena Math14721274
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
Omni-MATH—36.7%
MATH Level 5—70%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#30), GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#268)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
GPQA Diamond89.4%48.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.8%6%
LMArena Expert14611272
MMLU-Pro—55%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
GPQA (HELM)—50.7%

Multimodal Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.3 (#15), GPT-4.1 nano: 28.6 (#108)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
LMArena Vision12851063
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.9 (#26), GPT-4.1 nano: 41.8 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
LMArena Non-English14581260
LMArena Chinese15101270
LMArena German14971288
LMArena Japanese14881199
LMArena Russian14801261
LMArena French1478—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Spanish1470—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.8 (#52), GPT-4.1 nano: 68.0 (#188)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
LMArena Instruction Following14371267
IFEval—84.3%

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#63), GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#291)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
LMArena Longer Query14521283
Fiction.LiveBench—25%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.6 (#44), GPT-4.1 nano: 40.7 (#238)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGPT-4.1 nano
LMArena Text14661285
LMArena Creative Writing14571260
LMArena Multi-Turn14711277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—946
WildBench—81.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GPT-4.1 nano?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GPT-4.1 nano?

GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GPT-4.1 nano better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.5 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GPT-4.1 nano share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.1 nano has 38.

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